Author Guidelines

Details and Guidelines to Keep in Mind for Your Manuscript Submission

Please carefully follow the guidelines below as you write. Any manuscripts not meeting these guidelines will be returned to the author(s) for correction, which can cause significant delays in the publication of your work.

Required Word Counts
Please ensure that your manuscript follows the word count requirements

  • 5,000-6,000 words (Journal Article)

All manuscripts must

  • be submitted in Microsoft® Word.
  • be typewritten in English or Indonesia
  • be typewritten the references using "Mendeley Application" and please cited the articles in high indexing (Scopus, Clarivate Analytics Web of Science) at least 30 articles and also in a national accredited journal or indexed by Sinta 2 (Indonesia Science and Technology Index) at least 20 articles.
  • be written in objective third person point of view throughout (Use "the authors" or "the researchers" NOT "I" or "we")
  1.  Originality of manuscripts. Only ORIGINAL submissions will be accepted for publication. Manuscripts   may not have been previously published or be submitted for publication elsewhere.
  2.  Revised manuscripts. Shof Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education (SJCIE) will not publish a manuscript that is a “revised” version of a manuscript that you published elsewhere. In order to be   considered original, a manuscript must be at least 80% new material with no more than 200 consecutive   words (properly cited) repeated verbatim from any previously published work.
  3.  Teaching notes. If you are writing a case study, please provide supplemental teaching notes as a   separate document from your manuscript. These notes will be provided to readers interested in   adopting  your work as course material.
  4.  Copyright. For those already familiar with SJCIE's   publication process, please note that PDF copyright agreements are no longer accepted. As part of the   manuscript submission process, you and your authors will be asked to sign the Author’s Warranty and   Transfer of Copyright Agreement digitally.
  5.  Plagiarism. SJCIE takes concerns of plagiarism very  seriously. All manuscripts are checked for plagiarized passages prior to being accepted for publication.   Please ensure that all information taken from outside sources is properly cited and that all thoughts are   composed in your own words. All instances of plagiarism will be immediately returned to the authors for   correction and may be cause for removal of the manuscript from the publication.
  6.  Titles. Titles may be no longer than 100 characters. Subtitles, if included, may be no longer than 50   characters.
    • Note that all titles must be entered in title case. To put a title in title case, the first letter of each word should be capitalized unless that word is a preposition (position words such as “over,” “with,” or “between”), conjunction (connecting words such as “and” or “but”), or article (“a,” “an,” or “the”). The only exceptions to this rule are that the first word of the title or subtitle is always capitalized, even if it is an article, preposition, or conjunction.
    • Titles may not be written in all capital letters (e.g., "CHAPTER TITLE" is incorrect; "Chapter Title" is correct)
  7.  Headings. Please format all headings as in the below manuscript formatting templates. Heading names   within the body of your text may be tailored to the content of the work. Note that headings and   subheadings should NOT be numbered (e.g., 1. Introduction, 2. Background, etc.).
  8.  Images. A manuscript may include no more than 20 figures. Any figures or tables that do not meet   these  minimum specifications will be returned to the author(s) for correction. All figures must be   submitted as separate files in .tif format. Please also note that it is the author's responsibility to obtain   permission to use any image currently under copyright by a third party. Please see the image guide for   more information.
  9.  APA Style 7th Edition Citations. Please ensure that all information in your manuscript   that is taken from another source is substantiated with an in-text reference citation. A minimum of 20   sources is required for each submission. Please also note that your references must follow APA Style 7th Edition style. (The publisher will return your submission to you for correction if you   do not properly format your references.) For more information and examples on APA Style 7th Edition, please see SJCIE Template.
    • Self citation. Researchers may need to cite their previously published works in order to communicate an idea effectively in their present manuscript. While SJCIE encourages the use of self citations in these cases, it is important that self-cited works do not account for, at most, 50% of the total references in the manuscript.
  10.  LaTex. LaTex files are NOT accepted because they are not compatible with SJCIE’s typesetting program. As an alternative, we require that you use MathType (see “Equations” below).
  11.  Equations. If a symbol or equation can by typed directly into Microsoft Word, please do so. Otherwise,   we require using MathType to format all equations. Authors can download a free trial version of   MathType here: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/.
  12.  Copy editing and proofreading. It is crucial that complete copy editing and proofreading of your   manuscript be conducted prior to submission to ensure proper use of the English language, proper   grammatical structure, and correct spelling and punctuation. Manuscripts that are submitted to the   publisher are considered to be in their final form and ready for publication as is.
  13.  Translation. However a manuscript is translated, content submitted to SJCIE must be written in clear English with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Note: The Manuscript Organization and Formatting Template is designed for the purpose of standardizing manuscript submissions and does not reflect how your work will actually appear in print. Format and design of the final publication is at the sole discretion of the publisher.